Will to Power (Arch Enemy album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Will to Power
| type = studio
| artist = Arch Enemy
| cover = Cover of Will to Power by Arch Enemy.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2017|09|08|df=y}}
| recorded = 2016–2017
| studio = {{plainlist|
- Studio Mega (Varberg, Sweden)
- Sweetspot Satellite (Halmstad, Sweden)
- Sweetspot (Harplinge, Sweden)
- Riksmixingsverket (Stockholm, Sweden)
}}
| genre = Melodic death metal
| length = 50:32
| label = Century Media
| producer = {{hlist|Michael Amott|Daniel Erlandsson}}
| prev_title = War Eternal
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = Deceivers
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Will to Power
| type = studio
| single1 = The World Is Yours
| single1date = 14 July 2017
| single2 = The Eagle Flies Alone
| single2date = 25 August 2017
| single3 = The Race
| single3date = 17 October 2017
| single4 = Reason to Believe
| single4date = 7 December 2018
| single5 = My Shadow and I
| single5date = 18 March 2022}}
}}
Will to Power is the tenth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, released on 8 September 2017 via Century Media Records.{{Cite news|url=http://www.centurymedia.com/newsdetailed.aspx?IdNews=19837|title=Arch Enemy: Announce New Album and First Tour Dates|date=12 June 2017|publisher=Century Media Records|access-date=20 August 2017|archive-date=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820203428/http://www.centurymedia.com/newsdetailed.aspx?IdNews=19837|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/arch-enemy-to-release-will-to-power-album-in-september/|title=Arch Enemy To Release 'Will To Power' Album In September|date=22 May 2017|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=20 August 2017}} This is the first album to feature guitarist Jeff Loomis who joined the band in November 2014.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/archenemyofficial/photos/a.174140145954210.37775.142695605765331/911816942186523/?type=3 |title=Arch Enemy welcomes Jeff Loomis as their new guitarist!...|website=Facebook|date=18 November 2014|access-date=20 August 2017}} It is also the first Arch Enemy album to feature a song with clean singing as lead vocals; the song, "Reason to Believe", is referred to as "their first ever, largely clean-sung power ballad."{{cite journal |last=Leivers |first=Danni |date=September 2017 |title=Arch Enemy Will To Power Century Media |url=http://teamrock.com/review/2017-08-14/arch-enemy-will-to-power-album-review |journal=Metal Hammer |publisher=Future Publishing |location=United Kingdom |issue=300 |page=84 |issn=0955-1190 |oclc=775087096}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Metal Hammer
| rev2 = Metal Injection
| rev3 = MetalSucks
| rev3score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2017/08/29/album-review-arch-enemys-will-to-power |title=Album Review: Arch Enemy's Will to Power |work=MetalSucks.net |date=29 August 2017 |location=Brooklyn, New York |accessdate=16 October 2017}}
| rev4 = Terrorizer
| rev4score = 6/10{{cite journal |last=Baker |first=Ross |date=November 2017 |title=Arch Enemy 'Will to Power' Century Media |journal=Terrorizer |publisher=Dark Arts |location=Leigh-on-Sea |issue=285 |page=51 |issn=1350-6978}}
}}
Ross Baker of Terrorizer gave the album a moderate rating, and wrote, "'Will To Power' doesn't see a dramatic stylistic shift from melodic death metal, but Michael Amott and company flex their muscles and experiment a bit on this tenth release."
Accolades
Metal Hammer magazine ranked Will to Power at No. 40 on its list of 100 Best Albums of 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/metal-hammers-100-best-albums-of-the-year-2017|title = Metal Hammer's 100 best albums of 2017|date = 15 December 2017}}
At the 2017 Burrn! magazine awards, the album won Best Album and Best Artwork, and the song "The World is Yours" won Best Tune.{{cite tweet|number=970615887169454081|user=archenemymetal|title=The 2017 annual BURRN! magazine (Japan) readers polls announced today! * Best Album: WILL TO POWER* Best Tune: T… |date=5 March 2018}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 50:32
| all_writing =
| title1 = Set Flame to the Night
| lyrics1 = instrumental
| music1 = {{hlist|Michael Amott|Daniel Erlandsson}}
| length1 = 1:18
| title2 = The Race
| lyrics2 = Alissa White-Gluz
| music2 = {{hlist|Amott|Erlandsson}}
| length2 = 3:15
| title3 = Blood in the Water
| lyrics3 = Amott
| music3 = {{hlist|Amott|Erlandsson}}
| length3 = 3:55
| title4 = The World Is Yours
| lyrics4 = Amott
| music4 = {{hlist|Amott|Erlandsson}}
| length4 = 4:53
| title5 = The Eagle Flies Alone{{efn|Some versions of the album use the edited version of this song, which cuts out part of the intro, making it a length of 5:00.}}
| lyrics5 = Amott
| music5 = Amott
| length5 = 5:15
| title6 = Reason to Believe
| lyrics6 = Amott
| music6 = {{hlist|Amott|Christopher Amott}}
| length6 = 4:47
| title7 = Murder Scene
| lyrics7 = White-Gluz
| music7 = {{hlist|Amott|Erlandsson}}
| length7 = 3:50
| title8 = First Day in Hell
| lyrics8 = White-Gluz
| music8 = Amott
| length8 = 4:48
| title9 = Saturnine
| lyrics9 = instrumental
| music9 = Erlandsson
| length9 = 1:09
| title10 = Dreams of Retribution
| lyrics10 = Amott
| music10 = {{hlist|Amott|C. Amott|Erlandsson}}
| length10 = 6:40
| title11 = My Shadow and I
| lyrics11 = White-Gluz
| music11 = Amott
| length11 = 4:05
| title12 = A Fight I Must Win
| lyrics12 = {{hlist|Amott|White-Gluz}}
| music12 = {{hlist|Amott|Erlandsson}}
| length12 = 6:37
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Limited edition digipak
| total_length = 53:20
| title13 = City Baby Attacked by Rats
| writer13 = {{hlist|Colin Abrahall|Ross Lomas|Colin Blyth|Andrew Williams}}
| length13 = 2:48
| note13 = Charged GBH cover
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Råpunk (Deluxe box set vinyl EP)
| total_length = 9:29
| title1 = Warsystem
| writer1 = Lars Andrén
| length1 = 0:54
| note1 = The Shitlickers cover
| title2 = Armed Revolution
| writer2 = Andrén
| length2 = 0:51
| note2 = The Shitlickers cover
| title3 = Spräckta snutskallar
| writer3 = Andrén
| length3 = 0:51
| note3 = The Shitlickers cover
| title4 = The Leader (Of the Fuckin' Assholes)
| writer4 = Andrén
| length4 = 1:02
| note4 = The Shitlickers cover
| title5 = Nitad
| writer5 = Cliff Lundberg
| length5 = 1:06
| note5 = Moderat Likvidation cover
| title6 = When the Innocent Die
| writer6 = {{hlist|Tomas Jonsson|Charlie Claeson|Joakim Pettersson|Mats Skånberg}}
| length6 = 1:57
| note6 = Anti Cimex cover
| title7 = City Baby Attacked by Rats
| writer7 = {{hlist|Colin Abrahall|Ross Lomas|Colin Blyth|Andrew Williams}}
| length7 = 2:48
| note7 = Charged GBH cover
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition{{Cite web|url=http://www.trooper.co.jp/artist_archenemy.html|title=Trooper Entertainment Inc. – ARTIST-Arch Enemy|publisher=Trooper Entertainment|language=Japanese|access-date=20 August 2017}}
| total_length = 56:42
| title13 = Back to Back
| lyrics13 = Ronnie Atkins
| music13 = {{hlist|Ken Hammer|Alan Owen}}
| length13 = 3:22
| note13 = Pretty Maids cover
| title14 = City Baby Attacked by Rats
| lyrics14 = Colin Abrahall
| music14 = {{hlist||Ross Lomas|Colin Blyth|Andrew Williams}}
| length14 = 2:48
| note14 = Charged GBH cover
}}
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{{Notelist}}
Personnel
{{col-begin}}
{{Col-3}}
=Arch Enemy=
- Alissa White-Gluz – vocals, lyrics handwriting
- Michael Amott – lead & rhythm guitars, production
- Jeff Loomis – lead guitar
- Sharlee D'Angelo – bass
- Daniel Erlandsson – drums, keyboards, programming, production, guitar and bass engineering
=Additional musicians=
- Ulf Janson – strings arrangement (12), conducting
- Henrik Janson – strings arrangement (12), conducting
- Stockholm Session Strings – strings performance
- Ulf Forsberg, Christian Bergqvist, Per Öman, Ulrika Jansson, Bo Söderström, Torbjörn Bernhardsson – violin
- Tony Bauer, Riikka Repo – viola
- Johanna Sjunnesson – cello
- Jens Johansson – keyboards (4, 9, 10)
- Christopher Amott – keyboards (6), guitars (6)
{{Col-3}}
=Technical personnel=
- Alex Reisfar – front cover artwork
- Costin Chioreanu – booklet artwork, booklet layout
- Katja Kuhl – photography
- Tom Couture – photography
- Jens Bogren – mixing, mastering
- Johan Örnborg – drum engineering
- Tobias Strandvik – drum tech
- Rickard Bengtsson – lead guitar engineering
- Staffan Karlsson – vocal engineering and production
- Linn Fijal – string engineering
{{col-end}}
Charts
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scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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{{album chart|Australia|26|artist=Arch Enemy|album=Will to Power|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 September 2017}} |
{{album chart|Austria|6|artist=Arch Enemy|album=Will to Power|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 September 2017}} |
{{album chart|Flanders|11|artist=Arch Enemy|album=Will to Power|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 September 2017}} |
{{album chart|Wallonia|15|artist=Arch Enemy|album=Will to Power|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 September 2017}} |
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|80|artist=Arch Enemy|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 September 2017}} |
{{album chart|Czech|5|date=201737|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 September 2017}} |
{{album chart|Netherlands|11|artist=Arch Enemy|album=Will to Power|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 September 2017}} |
{{album chart|Finland|2|artist=Arch Enemy|album=Will to Power|rowheader=true|accessdate=17 September 2017}} |
{{album chart|France|22|artist=Arch Enemy|album=Will to Power|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 September 2017}} |
{{album chart|Germany4|3|id=336995|artist=Arch Enemy|album=Will to Power|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 September 2017}} |
{{album chart|Hungary|13|year=2017|week=37|artist=Arch Enemy|album=Will to Power|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 September 2017}} |
scope="row"| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2017-09-15|title=NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=18 September 2017|access-date=15 September 2017}}
| 10 |
{{album chart|Scotland|24|date=20170915|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 September 2017}} |
scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/3508-%C3%81lbumes-semana-37-2017|title=Top 100 Álbumes — Semana 37: del 08.09.2017 al 14.09.2017|publisher=Productores de Música de España|language=Spanish|accessdate=21 September 2017}}
| 17 |
scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|title=Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=15 September 2017}} Click on "Veckans albumlista".
| 11 |
{{album chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Arch Enemy|album=Will to Power|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2017}} |
{{album chart|UK2|37|date=20170915|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 September 2017}} |
scope="row"| UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC){{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/20170915/112/|title=Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=15 September 2017|access-date=18 December 2021}}
| 3 |
{{album chart|Billboard200|90|artist=Arch Enemy|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 September 2017}} |
{{album chart|BillboardHardRock|3|artist=Arch Enemy|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 September 2017}} |
{{album chart|BillboardRock|15|artist=Arch Enemy|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 September 2017}} |
References
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